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Benjamin Jepson

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Benjamin Jepson (1832 – 1914) was one of the first primary school music teachers in the United States, and introduced music to the public schools of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1865.[1] The Benjamin Jepson Interdistrict Magnet School[2] and the Jepson School[3] are named after him.

References

  • Birge, Edward Bailey (2007). History of Public School Music - In the United States. ISBN 1-4067-5617-2.
  • New Haven Independent
  • Jepson School[permanent dead link]

Notes

  1. ^ Birge, pg. 65, citing Francis M. Dickey's The Early History of Public School Music in the United States
  2. ^ New Haven Independent
  3. ^ Jepson School[permanent dead link]